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11-07-2012
INTRODUCTION
Search engine which help Internet users to
BASIC CONCEPTS
Clustering : Grouping of similar objects
groups
Divisive
finer
Divisive p,q,r,s,t
Agglomerative
p,q
r,s,t
s,t
EXISTING SYSTEM
Keyword and Symptom search
PROPOSED SYSTEM
Questionnaire facility Make multiple queries from users answer to
previous questions
Perform search using queries Provide diversified search results
USER INTERFACE
Query Interface Overview
Cough
Little or no sputum dyspnea emphysema, chronic pulmonary fibrosis, early pulmonary embolism, early congestive heart failure, mediastinal tumors no dyspnea Viral upper respiratory infection, lung tumor, reflux esophagitis with aspiration, smoking, toxic fumes, hay fever, early primary atypical pneumonia, silicosis
Question Pages
Fig 5: The first question page that is generated for the symptom cough
Question
Pages()
SEARCH TECHNIQUES
After obtaining searchers answers.. Step 1 : Forming Queries
{S1} : medical phrases with weight = 1 {S2} : medical phrases with weight < 1
ADVANTAGES
Questionnaire based query interface to guide
users Avoid undesirable results User Friendly Provide diversified search results Requires no special training
DISADVANTAGES
Maintenance is very difficult
Update database frequently
FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS
Can be made more realistic by considering
CONCLUSION
iMed consider the unique requirements of
medical search
Features are very attractive to users with little
medical knowledge
Increased the quality of search result
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G.Luo.Tang, and H.Yang et al. Med Search: A Specialized Search Engine for Medical Information. 1175-1176 Ricardo-Yates Modern Information retrieval R.D Collins Algorithmic Diagnosis Of Symptoms And Signs A cost Effective Approach http://cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/17/evening news/main1726479.shtml,2006 http://www.google.com/top/health
QUESTIONS